Transfer a Photo onto a Candle

To make personalized candles you will need:

- White candles (Ø 5 cm x 10 cm)

- White tissue paper

- White printer paper

- Sulfur paper

- A heat gun

- A printer 

- A pair of scissors / a rotary cutter

- A glue roller

Cut a piece of white tissue paper larger than an A4 sheet and then place the shiny side down against the table.

Place a standard A4 sheet on top of the tissue paper. The goal is to thicken the tissue paper so that it can go through the printer.

Re-cut the tissue paper with a rotary cutter, leaving about a 1 cm margin on each side of the sheet of white paper.

Tip: The rotary cutter allows for quick and easy cutting on the laid flat tissue paper! Remember to protect your work surface by using this tool with a cutting mat, for example.

Place a line of glue around the edge of the sheet of white paper with the glue roller.

Fold and glue the tissue paper to the edges of the sheet of paper.

Place the doubled sheet of tissue paper in the printer and then print the photo you want to transfer onto the candle on the tissue paper.

Tips:

- maximum height of the photo: 8 cm

- slightly boost the colors of the photo before printing

- a photo on a white background will yield better results

Cut the printed photo on the tissue paper, leaving a small white border.

Place the photo on the candle and then wrap it with a sheet of parchment paper.

Heat with a heat gun.

As the wax melts, it will gradually darken the colors of the photo through the parchment paper. Once the color change is uniform, your transfer will be complete.

Remove the baking paper and admire the result!

An easy technique to create beautiful personalized candles for celebrations!